NAME¶
knife-show - The man page for the knife show subcommand.
The
knife show subcommand is used to view the details of one (or more)
objects on the server. This subcommand works similar to
knife cookbook
show,
knife data bag show,
knife environment show,
knife
node show, and
knife role show, but with a single verb (and a
single action).
Syntax
This argument has the following syntax:
$ knife show [PATTERN...] (options)
Options
This subcommand has the following options:
- -a ATTR, --attribute ATTR
- The attribute (or attributes) to show.
- -c CONFIG_FILE, --config CONFIG_FILE
- The configuration file to use.
- --chef-repo-path PATH
- The path to the chef-repo. This setting will override the default path to
the chef-repo. Default: same as specified by chef_repo_path in
config.rb.
- --chef-zero-port PORT
- The port on which chef-zero will listen.
- --[no-]color
- Indicates whether colored output will be used.
- --concurrency
- The number of allowed concurrent connections. Default: 10.
- -d, --disable-editing
- Indicates that $EDITOR will not be opened; data will be accepted
as-is.
- --defaults
- Indicates that Knife will use the default value, instead of asking a user
to provide one.
- -e EDITOR, --editor EDITOR
- The $EDITOR that is used for all interactive commands.
- -E ENVIRONMENT, --environment ENVIRONMENT
- The name of the environment. When this option is added to a command, the
command will run only against the named environment.
- -F FORMAT, --format FORMAT
- The output format: summary (default), text, json,
yaml, and pp.
- -h, --help
- Shows help for the command.
- -k KEY, --key KEY
- The private key that Knife will use to sign requests made by the API
client to the server.
- --local
- Indicates that instead of remote files, local files will be shown.
- --print-after
- Indicates that data will be shown after a destructive operation.
- --repo-mode MODE
- The layout of the local chef-repo. Possible values: static,
everything, or hosted_everything. Use static for just
roles, environments, cookbooks, and data bags. By default,
everything and hosted_everything are dynamically selected
depending on the server type. Default: everything /
hosted_everything.
- -s URL, --server-url URL
- The URL for the server.
- -u USER, --user USER
- The user name used by Knife to sign requests made by the API client to the
server. Authentication will fail if the user name does not match the
private key.
- -v, --version
- The version of the chef-client.
- -V, --verbose
- Set for more verbose outputs. Use -VV for maximum verbosity.
- -y, --yes
- Indicates that the response to all confirmation prompts will be
"Yes" (and that Knife will not ask for confirmation).
- -z, --local-mode
- Indicates that the chef-client will be run in local mode, which allows all
commands that work against the server to also work against the local
chef-repo.
Examples
To show all cookbooks in the
cookbooks/ directory:
$ knife show cookbooks/
or, (if already in the
cookbooks/ directory in the local chef-repo):
$ knife show
$ knife show roles/ environments/
AUTHOR¶
Chef